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BROOCH
Unique ID: LIN-5CAC59
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of an early Anglo-Saxon brooch, probably a Cruciform or Florid Cruciform variety. The section just below the bow survives. This comprises a rectangular panel containing a central ringed dot motif. Three pairs of crescents decorate the perimeter to either side. A crescent shaped panel extends to either side, each containg three dots, or possibly ringed dots. Two transversly incised lines decorate below; and this leads to an incomplete narrowed panel decorated with punched triangles along the perimeter. A catchplate is situated on the reverse.
Class: Cruciform
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Near Wragby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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